Duck Commander recalls friends' critique of his life

10:18 PM,
Jan. 24, 2014

Phil Robertson has made quite a life for himself with his duck calls.

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Greg Hilburn
Louisiana Gannett

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson said his Louisiana Tech University classmates and even his beloved wife, "Miss Kay," were pensive about his entrepreneurial plan to build and sell duck calls in 1972.

"I told them we'd just fish out of the (Ouachita) river until the duck call thing got going," Robertson said in an interview with The News-Star. "Kay said, 'We may starve to death.'"

Robertson was in a mood to reminisce following a recent alumni award from Tech in which he caught up with some of his college buddies. ...